A Vincent Mounier Photography Blog
New Whiteout blog skin coming soon!
September 25, 2010
Those of you, if any, who think that the current dark theme is hard to read will soon be rewarded with a brand new look. It should be ready within a few days. The upcoming skin is called Whiteout and was designed to be as easy on the eyes as possible. It's something I had been meaning to do for a long time and it sumarizes my tastes in terms of very light themes.
If you liked the dark skin, fear not. I will next roll out a redesigned dark and moody theme and wi...
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New Aerial Photography Gallery
September 21, 2010
Here's a sneak peek at the soon-to-be-implemented Aerial Photography gallery. Hover your mouse for controls. It features images from all kinds of previous galleries where they didn't really belong and will hopefully grow into a much larger collection. For that I will have to start flying again soon, before my wings have shrunk to mere memories...
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3 Years After Coffee
September 21, 2010
Newark, 3 years ago. A couple of coffees, a suitcase, high hopes, electricity. It was love at first sight.
The suitcase is gratefully no longer needed. Coffee remains. Electricity? High voltage. Bliss.
Browser Wars
September 21, 2010
Update: Well it would seem I was wrong. Internet Explorer 9 now supports at least some CSS3 standards! I just realized that it correctly renders both the "box-shadow" and "border-radius" properties, which is a wonderful improvement, especially since the new template is going to rely on these heavily!
T'was the year 1984. I wore crepe sole shoes and sideburns, and was about to ace my commercial pilot licence, for nothing as it turned out. I...
Tweaking the blog's loading speed
September 17, 2010
Acutely aware of the recent relative slugishness of my blog a loading time, I have just spent a couple of days trying to optimize and streamline it. I hope it will have improved things a bit.
Of course we are talking about shaving milliseconds here and there. Yes, you read that right: milliseconds. But in a wild wide web world where everything counts, a millisecond gained is money in the bank.
So I moved all the scripts to the bottom of the HTML page so that actual co...
Canon 7D Review
September 15, 2010
After owning the beast for a couple of months, here's my initial Canon 7D review. The Canon EOS 7D was launched last year in the wake of a fury of new cameras by Canon and other brands. It would seem that technology is evolving so fast that manufacturers are forced to flood the market with models that get superseded in less than a year. The closer to the top, the longer they last. I'm curious to see how the 7D will do.
For reference, the 7D fits in a special niche betw...
High Dynamic Range Photographs
September 13, 2010
High Dynamic Range Photographs have been at the core of my photographic efforts for the last 4 years. I wrote a tutorial about that long ago when I started playing with the trendy dark art of High Dynamic Range Photography: HDR 101 Or how to spend way too much time on a computer. Since the world of HDR has been evolving rapidly along with my own vision of things, I will now recap and try and make this post as useful as possible, both in terms of reference and motivation.
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Patience
September 9, 2010
Marie unknowingly illustrates patience on a rusty Red Hook door. As Jean-Charles, my rather esoteric and enlightened English teacher once wrote for me in our 1984 Commercial Pilot graduation album, "Seek and you shall find, knock and it shall be opened unto you." I am still knocking all around. If some doors have gaped slowly in a screeching squeak, others have slammed open into the wind and others yet remain hermetically locked. Patience, then.
Mucho gusto, Francisco
September 6, 2010
Bizarre encounter with a friendly stranger on a Red Hook dock,also chronicled here.
Manhattan Skyline
September 4, 2010
Entre chien et loup, from across the river at the Brooklyn Bridge Park, a river flowing strong at our feet and the urban air filled with playful sounds and smells of picnic and content, we saw Manhattan pretend to fall asleep as shadows took over a busy day and drafted the mood for later matters.
Have the 2010 South African Blog Awards Gone Berserk?
September 2, 2010
I am not a South African blogger myself but having strong ties to one, I keep an eye on the yearly South African Blog Awards and dutifully cast my vote when the time comes.
This year, however, I was stunned to discover a new twist in the voting system: for some unfathomable reason, organizers have decided to allow people to vote every 24 hours. Yes, you read this right. You can vote now, wait a day, and vote again. And again. And again. So here is a copy of the email I ...
Unfinished Brooklyn Bridge Park
Below is a section of the Brooklyn Bridge Park that remains under construction, as seen from the Brooklyn Promenade above the (B)BQE.